The Year of Our Lord 1555

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Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown		Born	Juan Bautista Acevedo Muñoz †	Hoz de Anero	Bishop Emeritus of Valladolid, Spain
		Born	Diego de Arce, O.F.M. †	Madrid, Spain	Bishop of Cassano all’Jonio, Italy
		Died	Miguel Jerónimo de Ballesteros (Vallesteros) †	Bishop of Coro, Venezuela
		Appointed	Rodrigo de Carvalho †	Bishop of Miranda, Portugal
		Born	Alfonso Coloma Sa †	Elda	Bishop of Cartagena (en España)
	55.0	Appointed	Georges d'Armagnac †	Archbishop (Personal Title) of Lescar, France	Archbishop of Avignon, France
		Born	Antonio de Alzega (Alcega), O.F.M. †	Azpeitia, Spain	Bishop of Coro, Venezuela
	54.0	Appointed	Thomas Goldwell †	Bishop of Foreign Diocese
	54.0	Ordained Bishop	Thomas Goldwell †	Bishop of Foreign Diocese
		Born	Johann Georg von Hallwyl †	Bernhausen	Bishop of Konstanz {Constance}, Germany
		Resigned	Francesco Pisani †	Bishop of Padova {Padua}, Italy	Cardinal, Bishop of Ostia (-Velletri), Italy
		Born	Juan Ruiz Villoslada †	Torrecilla	Bishop of Catania, Italy
		Born	Eucharius Sang †	Mellrichstadt	Auxiliary Bishop of Würzburg, Germany
		Born	Wilhelm von Schenking zu Bevern †	Ostbevern	Bishop-Elect of Osnabrück, Germany
6 Jan	40.2	Ordained Bishop	Michael von Kuenburg †	Archbishop of Salzburg, Austria
23 Jan	38.1	Appointed	Andrés Oviedo, S.J. †	Coadjutor Bishop of Foreign Diocese	Bishop
Feb		Born	Luis Fernández de Córdoba †	Córdoba	Archbishop of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain
1 Feb	70.1	Died	František Ujlaky †	Bishop of Eger, Hungary
18 Mar	47.0	Died	Sebastian von Heusenstamm †	Archbishop of Mainz, Germany
23 Mar	67.5	Died	Giovanni Maria Ciocchi del Monte †	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
30 Mar		Appointed	Balduino de Balduinis †	Bishop of Aversa, Italy
6 Apr	69.5	Died	Giovanni Angelo Arcimboldi †	Archbishop of Milano {Milan}, Italy
9 Apr	53.9	Elected	Marcello Cervini †	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
10 Apr	53.9	Ordained Bishop	Marcello Cervini †	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
18 Apr	33.1	Appointed	Daniel Brendel von Homburg †	Archbishop of Mainz, Germany
27 Apr	53.3	Died	Nikolaus von Carlowitz †	Bishop of Meissen (Meißen), Germany
1 May	54.0	Died	Marcello Cervini †	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
5 May	38.3	Ordained Bishop	Andrés Oviedo, S.J. †	Coadjutor Bishop of Foreign Diocese	Bishop
13 May		Born	Johann Philipp von Gebsattel †		Bishop-Elect of Bamberg, Germany
23 May	78.9	Elected	Gian Pietro Carafa †	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
26 May	78.9	Installed	Gian Pietro Carafa †	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
26 May	36.3	Confirmed	Georg Fuchs von Rügheim †	Coadjutor Bishop of Bamberg, Germany	Bishop
29 May	66.9	Appointed	Juan Álvarez y Alva de Toledo, O.P. †	Bishop of Frascati, Italy	Cardinal, Bishop of Osma-Soria, Spain
	63.4	Appointed	Jean du Bellay †	Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (-Velletri)	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Paris, France
	30.8	Appointed	Johann von Haugwitz †	Bishop of Meissen (Meißen), Germany	Former Bishop-Elect
	55.3	Appointed	Rodolfo Pio †	Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Faenza, Italy
		Appointed	Francesco Pisani †	Bishop of Albano, Italy	Cardinal, Bishop of Ostia (-Velletri), Italy
5 Jun	50.4	Appointed	Pedro Acuña Avellaneda †	Bishop of Salamanca, Spain
5 Jun		Appointed	Diego Sarmiento Sotomayor †	Bishop of Astorga, Spain
16 Jun		Died	Johann Horneburg †	Bishop of Lebus, Germany
17 Jul		Appointed	Diego Tavera Ponce de Léon †	Bishop of Jaén, Spain
17 Jul		Appointed	Rafael Ubac †	Bishop of Elne, France
Aug		Born	Pedro Ginés Casanova †	Valencia	Bishop of Segorbe, Spain
23 Aug	33.4	Confirmed	Daniel Brendel von Homburg †	Archbishop of Mainz, Germany
25 Aug		Ordained Bishop	Diego Sarmiento Sotomayor †	Bishop of Astorga, Spain
8 Sep	69.7	Died	St. Tomás de Villanueva, O.S.A. †	Archbishop of Valencia, Spain
10 Sep	65.2	Died	Juan Lopez de Zárate †	Bishop of Antequera, Oaxaca, México
12 Sep	62.7	Died	Juan Salazar Fernández †	Bishop of Lanciano, Italy
24 Sep	50.7	Died	Pedro Acuña Avellaneda †	Bishop of Salamanca, Spain
10 Oct	58.8	Died	Girolamo Verallo †	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Rossano, Italy
25 Oct	31.2	Confirmed	Johann von Haugwitz †	Bishop of Meissen (Meißen), Germany	Former Bishop-Elect
13 Nov		Born	Maximiliano de Austria †	Jaén	Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela, Spain
1 Dec	55.7	Appointed	Reginald Pole †	Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Cosmedin	Cardinal, Archbishop of Canterbury, England, Great Britain
5 Dec	41.9	Died	Wolfgang Graf von Salm †	Bishop of Passau, Germany
11 Dec	70.9	Appointed	Robert de Lenoncourt †	Cardinal-Priest of S. Cecilia	Cardinal, Archbishop of Arles, France
11 Dec	55.8	Appointed	Reginald Pole †	Apostolic Administrator of Canterbury, England, Great Britain	Cardinal, Archbishop
16 Dec	71.0	Resigned	Robert de Lenoncourt †	Apostolic Administrator of Metz, France	Cardinal, Archbishop of Arles, France
16 Dec		Appointed	Alfonso de Sásamo, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Capri, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
18 Dec		Appointed	Fernando González de Bariodero †	Bishop of León en Nicaragua
20 Dec	53.0	Appointed	Wolfgang von Closen †	Bishop of Passau, Germany
	70.0	Elevated to Cardinal	Juan Martínez Silíceo †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Toledo, Spain
	51.9	Elevated to Cardinal	Scipione Rebiba †	Cardinal, Bishop of Sabina e Poggio Mirteto, Italy
	37.1	Resigned	Guido Ascanio Sforza di Santa Fiora †	Bishop of Montefiascone, Italy	Cardinal, Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber

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